Hillview Haunted House - Exclusive Photos Part 1

I first wrote about the Hillview haunted house back in 2012. 

Since then, I have updated this blog several times in the past with more related articles (links to those articles are below) to appease the undying curiosity of my readers.

This so called Hillview Mansion was abandoned in 1986 and left there uncompleted till it was demolished in the early 2000s. 

Through the years since, strange incidents kept happening at that site such as recurring landslides, paranormal activities and people getting struck by lightning there. 

This led to many people speculating that the site and the abandoned house had something that was not apparent, something not quite right about it, and so the stories began circulating and grew into a life of its own.

In 2019, I revealed why the house was abandoned. I also promised then to reveal the reasons why and how it perhaps became haunted. 

However, at this time, I still can't reveal those reasons due to the fact that the person who survived the lightning strike has not given me permission to tell the story of that tragic day.

So please wait patiently for that coming article.

The house is no longer standing and the land is completely sealed off now. 

But that hasn't stopped the curious, and many trespassers have been caught by the authorities over the years. Most of them due to their youthful exuberance and friends dares. 

Lester Yeong, in his youth, was also one of those adventurers and explorers who had visited the Hillview Mansion on several occasions in the past due to its infamous history. 

Being intrigued as to why the house seemed abandoned, he was brave and curious enough to risk entering back in the late 1990s when the house was still intact. 

Nevertheless and most fortunate for all of us today was that Lester took a whole series of photographs of the abandoned Hillview house before it was demolished. This is treasure as there have been so few available photos of Hillview Mansion, especially of its interior!

Lester wrote to me and offered me the exclusive rights to publish these, till now, unseen photos in his collection. These were taken between 1998 and 2000. Being more than 20 years old and having been kept in his old albums, I tried as best as I could to restore some of the colours back into the faded photos. The collection has more than sixty photographs which shows the exterior, and the rarely seen interior of the house that Mr. Chua Boon Peng built at Hillview.

To prevent an information overload, I will publish  Lester Yeong's photo collection over several parts. The first here with 12 photos to give you a taste of what's in store! 

I will leave minimal captions on the photos but please do give me your feedback in the  comment section below (don't forget to include your name in the comment, please)

For those who may not have seen the previous articles regarding the Haunted Hillview Mansion, I append some links here for your convenience:-

The haunted house at Hillview

The burial of the Hillview Mansion
The landslides at the haunted site
Why the Hillview Mansion was abruptly abandoned

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS OF THE HILLVIEW MANSION

This is the locked gate at Jalan Dermawan, familiar to those who have been there
but seen from the property outwards with the familiar retaining wall at the side.
Today, the gate and the wall are the only existing relics from the original construction.

The view from the top balcony towards the condos along Hillview Avenue